Peter Lik

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Peter Lik
Peter Lik
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Photographer
Website http://www.peterlik.com.au/

Peter Lik in an Australian photographer who was born in Melbourne, of Czech immigrant parents. He is a self taught photographer^[1] who took to the medium at an early age, and is now an Australian landscape photographer. It was whilst traveling in Alaska in 1994 that Peter's interest in photography took a turn and he began to experiment with panoramic cameras, previously having used 35mm cameras exclusively.

Lik started his own business when he was in his early twenties in America and was photographing locations like Yosemite National Park for postcard shoots. He would go back to the postcard companies and sell them the shots. After seeing some of the other work on the market and how his own was being used only for advertising, he decided to publish a small range of postcards himself with the money he had saved up from traveling. Lik opened his first gallery in his hometown of Cairns, Australia, which was followed almost immediately by a second in Port Douglas. He now has galleries in Sydney, Noosa, Hawaii, California and Las Vegas, establishing his distinctive brand of vivid nature photography worldwide.

Lik is mainly a landscape photographer, but cityscapes can also be found in his portfolio. His photography features dramatic lighting, angles and settings as well as bright, intense colors.

[edit] Awards

2004 AIPP Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards Landscape - One Silver with distinction & Two Silver
2004 AIPP Nikon Queensland Professional Photography Awards Landscape - Two Silver
2003 APPA National Awards - Landscape Category
2003 AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photography - Nikon Qld awards
2003 Fuji ACMP Australian Photographer's Collection 9
2002 AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photography - Nikon Qld awards
2002 APPA - Australian Professional Photographers Awards
2001 AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photography National Photography Awards
2001 AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photography National Photography Awards
2000 AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photography National Photography Awards
2000 AIPP - Canon Queensland Professional Photography Awards
1999 AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards
1999 AIPP - Canon Queensland Professional Photography Awards
1999 Fuji ACMP Australian Photographer's Collection 6

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